THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS |
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In "The Periodic Table" by Primo Levi, a Holocaust survivor, the last chapter is on this element on which life is based |
carbon
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On a teen drama, the upscale Newport Beach, as opposed to the downscale Chino |
The O.C.
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On Dec. 29, 1812 this U.S. ship nicknamed "Old Ironsides" defeated the British frigate Java off Brazil |
the Constitution
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It describes the cooking surface of a Teflon-coated frying pan |
non-stick
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This movement began in 1950s Britain, but it's based on American mass media & advertising images |
Pop Art
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The inability to cooperate or coexist, it's grounds for divorce in some states |
(Doc: What is irreconciliable?)
incompatibility
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Meredith, a surgical resident at Seattle's Grace Hospital |
Grey's Anatomy
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In 1812 Serbia was pushing for independence from this empire under Sultan Mahmud II |
Ottoman Empire
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A 1990s pop group was called 4 Non these |
Blondes
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Around 1450, with big commissions drying up, sculptors turned to these head-&-shoulders portrait pieces |
busts
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This process that makes someone more U.S. citizen-like happens to "Emily" in the title of a William Huie novel |
Americanization
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Of 101, 111, 121 or 201, the highest atomic number of an element fully authenticated by the people who do that |
(Ben: What is 121?) (Doc: What is 201?) (Barbara: What is 101?) ... (Alex: It's always easier, when three have been eliminated, to come up with the correct response.)
111
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Jennifer Love Hewitt, who sees & talks (softly) to dead people |
(Ben: What is Medium?)
Ghost Whisperer
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This Mass. gov. signed a law to redistrict Essex County, ensuring a favorable majority in the legislature |
(Doc: Who is Gerrymand?) (Ben: Who is Mander?)
(Elbridge) Gerry
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MLK Jr. said the "Gandhian emphasis on love and" this led him to the method for social reform that he'd been seeking |
(Doc: ...You know, I've always said this sitting at home, if I got here, I'd do it. Let's make it a True Daily Double.)
non-violence
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The removal from land or a person of unwanted chemical or radioactive impurities |
decontamination
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In the table setting seen here, 50 is the atomic number & 118.7 is this |
the atomic weight
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Opening in 2005, a look back at some members of the high school class of 1986 |
(Doc: What is Class Reunion?)
Reunion
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One type of geometry is called non-this, after a Greek mathematician |
Euclidean
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This "Rake's Progress" satirist was a British patriot, as seen in his 1748 work "O the Roast Beef of Old England" |
(William) Hogarth
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The emission of light by living organisms like fireflies |
(Barbara: What is ph... photoluminescence?)
bioluminescence
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German Johann Dobereiner had diddled around with the patterns, but the periodic table was codified in this country |
(Alex: By Mendeleev, in [*].)
Russia
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The Philadelphia homicide squad that investigates old, unsolved crimes |
Cold Case
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The process of making 2 or more things work together in unison |
synchronization
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